CENTRE FOR REGIONAL AND LOCAL HISTORY SEMINAR PROGRAMME 2023

All seminars take place in Room 101 Attenborough Tower, University of Leicester, University Road, LEICESTER LEI 7RH – unless otherwise noted

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12 October 12:30-1:30pm.

‘Transatlantic slavery, landownership and enclosure in England, 1738-1836’
Prof. Corinne Fowler

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26 October 2-4pm.

‘Black lives in British archives’
Gaverne Bennett and Chloe Phillips

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16 November 2-4pm.

‘Tommy “what a life” Hatton: boxing promoter, bibliophile and founder of Leicester’s local history collection’
Dr Simon Dixon
This event will be held in the Digital Culture Studio, David Wilson Library

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30 November 2-4pm.

‘Wives, sociability and separation in 19th-century England’
Denise Greany and Judy Somekh

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14 December 2-4pm.

‘Local histories of religious minorities: perspectives from 18th-century Wales and late 20th-century England’
Dr Zoe Knox and Dr Angela Muir

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To celebrate the re-launch of our seminar series, and the opening of our new research space, all presenters this semester are University of Leicester colleagues, postgraduate research students or alumni.

Please email angela.muir@le.ac.uk with any queries.